2010 MotoGP – Misano Photos

September 3, 2010

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Nicky Hayden: “That wasn’t the smoothest session we ever had and I’m losing a lot on T3. I hoped to start out a bit closer to the top than that. We need to look for some tenths, maybe by finding some better turning in the front and also adjusting the gearbox a bit better."

Nicky Hayden: "We also had a little issue with the fairing, which came a bit loose and my leathers got caught on it so I had to get back to the pit. We were trying something and after that I had basically one chance to make a good lap so we are not sure it is the right direction, which was a bit of a bummer."

Valentino Rossi: "I'm quite happy because we did a good job during today's practice, especially towards the end when we made a big improvement to the setting of the bike and I was able to make some faster lap times.”

Although Valentino Rossi finished fourth in the timesheets on Friday, he is confident he'll be able to make up more time on his Yamaha come Sunday.

Simoncelli

Ben Spies put in another fine performace at the Italian circuit on Friday to take the sixth-best lap behind Yamaha teammate, Colin Edwards.

American Nicky Hayden suffered a difficult day at Misano after he qualified 14th on the grid.

Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo once again missed pole position on Saturday after being outpaced by Dani Pedrosa.

Jorge Lorenzo was unsatisfied with the feeling of his Fiat Yamaha M1 during qualifying at Misano.

Hot on the heels of his win last weekend at Indianapolis last weekend, Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa has claimed pole position for Sunda's GP at Misano. He is looking for his first career back-to-back victories.Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa claimed his fourth pole of the 2010 MotoGP season with a blistering fast lap in the closing moments of qualifying at Misano on Saturday. The Spaniard was the only rider to break the 1’34-second lap time as he stole the top spot from Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo.
“I’m happy to be on pole position because we were strong throughout practice and things have gone according to plan so far this weekend. We are doing a very good job at the moment, improving at every round and now we have the chance to have another good race. I’ve never won two MotoGP races in a row and this is a good challenge for
me – I really want to go for it.” – Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa

Valentino Rossi showed off a new helmet design at the start of the second practice session at Misano on Saturday. The helmet is topped with a clock marking the time at five minutes before the session’s start, with the hour due to be updated before every session.

Valentino Rossi: "The front row would have been good for the race tomorrow but I just missed out today. I think I had the potential today but unfortunately with the last tire I found some traffic at the end.”

Ben Spies: "We made some changes to the bike overnight that didn't really help this morning and then made more changes before qualifying and they made a big improvement. Everything went smooth and it was a good qualifying session."

Ducati's Nicky Hayden suffered a DNF in Round 12 of the MotoGP Championship at Misano.

Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa claimed his second consecutive race win with a well deserved victory over Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo at Misano.

Valentino Rossi was the highest-placing Italian rider at Misano where he finished third behind Pedrosa and Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi: "This was a great result for us, more than just for the podium but for the way that the result arrived. I was very fast at the end of the race and this shows how much we're improving because I was able to keep pushing right to the end. I think we did a good job this weekend."

Rossi fans were out in full force at the Misano circuit...

Australian rider Casey Stoner (#27) finished fifth at Misano following a battle with Valentino Rossi (#46).

Dovizioso

Andrea Dovizioso made it a good day for Honda by securing second on the timesheet and giving Honda the top-two positions in Friday's practice session at Misano.

Marco Melandri & Marco Simoncelli took the ninth and 13th-best times respectively in Friday's practice at Misano.

Nicky hayden

pedrosa

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa took the fastest lap in practice by more than half a second from teammate, Andrea Dovizioso.

At the start of the contest Dani Pedrosa set a blazing pace (#26) ahead of Jorge Lorenzo (#99) and was alomost 1.5 seconds clear by the third lap.

Rossi

Valentino Rossi: “My physical condition is okay, I don't have too much pain but this track has two or three hard braking sections to the right and I suffer a bit with my shoulder at those points."

Rossi

Valentino Rossi may have had the lead at the very beginning of the contest, but Dani Pedrosa quickly flew by the Italian and led for almost the entire race.

Valentino Rossi: “The rear tire is going to be very important for tomorrow's race and we still have a decision to make; at the moment we are thinking more of the hard one but we need to wait and see the weather. I am feeling better here than in Indy because it's much cooler; I am still suffering a bit with my shoulder in the hard right braking zones but it's not too bad. It's fantastic to be here in Italy with all of these fans and I'm excited about tomorrow.”

Rossi

Simoncelli

Spies

Ben Spies: "I'm a lot happier and more confident with the bike than I was this morning and I know we can make some more changes to make us stronger for the race. We can make the bike easier to ride towards the end of the race and I'm looking forward to it. My confidence is really high after the last couple of races and there's no reason why I can't be challenging for a top position again tomorrow.”